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@cstartravelrn.bsky.social
Nomad, rapscallion, mystic, sister, friend, nurse. North Carolinian.
April 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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April 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
No ICE
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
No.
April 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We’re told politics is about picking the lesser of evils. Ordering off a fixed menu. But what if we left the table… and headed for the kitchen? #Democracy is happening in West Virginia. this is #HowWeCitizen

newsletter.baratunde.com/p/dont-wait-...
Don't Wait for Better Leaders. BECOME Them. (6th story)
There's something beautiful happening in West Virginia
newsletter.baratunde.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported.

"The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over...

www.wral.com/story/they-f...
Afghani asylum seekers, members of Raleigh church, given a week to leave the U.S.
Apostles Church in Raleigh has welcomed about 25 people who came to the U.S. after the Taliban took over.
www.wral.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some book read. Some lentils burned (salvaged). Some Sun set (with choir of wispy cloud).
April 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sad I missed this. Would’ve loved to have been there💚
Björk Performs Benefit Concert For Wilted Sunflowers In Mushroom Forest
theonion.com/bjork-p...
April 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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On April 19th, join your local community in peaceful protest! 250 years ago – 4/19/1775 – America revolted against the monarchy. Now, two and a half centuries later, we hold that revolutionary spirit in our hearts. That’s why we will continue to raise our voices with a Shout Heard Around the World!
April 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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April 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
April 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A friend of mine recently had a poem published! Check it out here:

Collecting Stones by Leslie St. John oneartpoetry.com/2025/02/14/c...
Collecting Stones by Leslie St. John
Collecting Stones Stalactite quartz I found in Ozark. Gray galet with intersecting lines I carried from Nice to Amsterdam. And another from the afternoon we ferry to Bellagio like lovers in a silen…
oneartpoetry.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The cruelty is the point.
Nearly half of CDC's developmental disabilities and birth defects center is now off the job

Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cut...
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Nearly half of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities was laid off.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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